BY LUIS GRONDA Staff Writer If a plan by Gov. Andrew Cuomo comes to fruition, you may soon be able to get to LaGuardia Airport by train. The Governor announced a plan to construct an AirTrai... Read more

We have frequently come out in support of increased public transportation in Queens, hoping that our leaders would recognize the need for infrastructure improvements to “The World’s Borough.... Read more

BY JOE MARVILLI Staff Writer With a new legislative session comes a new budget and new policies the Independent Democratic Conference would like to see go into effect. On Jan. 19, the IDC la... Read more

The New York State Senate passed the majority of the categories of the Women’s Equality Act on Monday, while leaving one of more controversial measures in the waiting room. Among the parts o... Read more

BY JORDAN GIBBONS Former Governor Mario Cuomo died of natural causes due to heart failure on Jan. 1 in his Manhattan home at the age of 82, hours after his son Andrew Cuomo was inaugurated f... Read more

A Queens Congress member has brought light to the obviously important issue of bringing pandas to New York City. U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, making an appearance on John Catsimatidis’ radio s... Read more

BY JOE MARVILLI Staff Writer Students are now able to observe cultural holidays without any impact on their attendance records. Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed Assemblyman Ron Kim’s (D-Flushing) bi... Read more

BY LUIS GRONDA Staff Writer The QueensWay project got another boost from New York State last week. The proposed bike and pedestrian path received $443,750 through Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s New Yor... Read more

A listing of the write-in votes for the Governor’s race shows that some people really like to waste their vote. While most New Yorkers voted for the two major candidates running for the seat... Read more

To The Editor: Congratulations voters! Once again, you’ve voted against your best interests. You’ve handed control of the New York State Senate to Republicans. They are members of a party th... Read more

BY TRIBUNE STAFF Election Night was mostly bleak for Democrats in New York State and throughout the country, but New York State’s top offices stayed firmly entrenched in the hands of its Dem... Read more

BY JOE MARVILLI Staff Writer While this year’s Statewide election is not as competitive as last year’s City elections, the creation of the Women’s Equality Party has thrown a new element int... Read more

In the midst of the Ebola craziness that has seemingly engulfed New York City in the past week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo took the chance to plug his recently-released memoir. During a press confere... Read more

Vice President Joe Biden and Gov. Andrew Cuomo took part in a panel discussing airport renovations in New York. Pictured (from left) are U.S. Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Grace Meng, Biden, Cuo... Read more

BY JOE MARVILLI Staff Writer On Tuesday, a candidates forum in Bayside touched on several topics affecting not only that community, but also the entirety of Queens. The Bay Terrace Community... Read more

BY LUIS GRONDA The winning design for the QueensWay project will be named later this month. According to Marc Matsil, director for the nonprofit organization The Trust For Public Land, they... Read more

BY LUIS GRONDA Seven months after Superstorm Sandy hit New York, A Train service to the Rockaways is finally returning. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Gov. Andrew Cuomo announ... Read more

For decades, the New York State Legislature has been considered one of the most dysfunctional governments in the country. With the recent spate of arrests of Senate and Assembly members, it... Read more

BY NATALIA KOZIKOWSKA The evening before his arrest on Tuesday morning, The Queens Tribune spoke to State Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-Hollis) about his success in securing $200,000 in funding for... Read more

BY LUIS GRONDA Queens officials have joined the chorus of voices remembering the legacy of former Mayor Ed Koch, who died last week at the age of 88 due to congestive heart failure. Koch was... Read more